education. i agree, education is key, particularly the future of our economy. but our training programs right now, we've got 47 of them housed in the federal government, reporting to eight different agencies, overhead is overwhelming. we've got to get those dollars back to the states and go to the workers so they can create their own pathways to getting the training they need for jobs that will really help them. the second area, taxation. we agree, we ought to bring the tax rates down, and i do, both for corporations and for individuals. but in order for us not to lose revenue -- now, if the government ran out of money, i also lowered exemptions and credits and deductions so we keep taking in the same money when you also account for growth. the third area, energy. energy is critical, and the president pointed out critically that production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up. but not due to his policies. in spite of his policies. mr. president, all of the increase in natural gas and oil has happene